7 Times WWE Was Plunged Into Chaos

7. Snowstorms

Robert Burns wrote, more or less, that "the best laid scheme o' mice and men gang aft agley, nae thanks to the dreadful Scottish weather." What he was trying to say, probably, is that barbecues, holidays, outdoor sporting events, no matter how carefully planned, will inescapably be ruined by the meteorological whims of our great Lord.

And he was bang on, as WWE have found much to their chagrin on multiple occasions. 1993's 'Storm of the Century', which barraged the USA's east coast, forced Raw out of New York's Manhattan Center for the first time. The 15 March episode, now hosted by Gorilla Monsoon, instead aired from Poughkeepsie's Mid-Hudson Civic Center, with many of the company's top talent - including top singles champs Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels - unable to make it.

A similar snowstorm in January 2015 led to even greater disruption. With 29 million people placed under blizzard warning across the north-east, the Royal Rumble fallout Raw from Hartford, CT was postponed, whilst a SmackDown taping in the state was cancelled. To fill the time, WWE produced a special studio show from Stamford, including a re-run of the Rumble's WWE title triple threat, and a weather report from 'Mr. Sunshine' himself, JBL.